Best's Old Vine Pinot Meunier 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Best's Old Vine Pinot Meunier 2024.

Best's Old Vine Pinot Meunier 2024
$150, 12% alcohol, screwcap, Great Western/Grampians.

There’s an old vineyard at Great Western in the Grampians wine region known as the Millers Burgundy vineyard, and this vineyard was – incredibly – planted in 1868. The vines growing in this vineyard are mostly Pinot Meunier, with a little Pinot Noir. This wine was grown on this vineyard.

There’s a bit more depth through the mid palate than is usual but then the acidity feels cranberried and juicy, which means that it’s a wine both of fruit depth and sweet-sour energy. Floral and sweet spice notes add a certain prettiness, and through it feels both svelte and well balanced. It’s an excellent release, no doubting it, with room to improve in the cellar. 94+ points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both The Winefront site (founded in 2002, and the home of Australia’s best Australian wine reviews) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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